Andrea Kimi Antonelli topped Friday practice sessions and sealed pole for Mercedes at Spa-Francorchamps with a 1:44.361 lap, beating Max Verstappen by 0.317 seconds after a canceled Sprint weekend reshaped the schedule.
Charles Leclerc delivered Ferrari's 2026 British Grand Prix victory at Silverstone, holding off George Russell by 0.427 seconds as Lewis Hamilton completed a Ferrari one-two-three split with Mercedes.
Round 8 of the 2026 F1 season, the Austrian Grand Prix, arrives on race day. Mercedes led practice and qualifying throughout a dry, hot weekend at Spielberg, with George Russell taking pole as the team turned its Friday-to-Saturday consistency into a front-row advantage.
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